Jon Watts Quotes
When you're writing something to direct, you just write exactly what you're going to do. You don't have to write it in a way for other people to understand or interpret.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
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Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It's more like a heap of stones - a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That's how I see it.
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
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A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
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Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn't want me to succeed and didn't want the best for me.
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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My grandmother taught me how to make the basic pate brise pastry crust when I was young. The one thing I learned simply by eating her endless variations on delicious tarts for dinner every night is that this dough can be used for just about anything - sweet or savory.
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When I was at high school, I used to pretend that I had work, and I would go and tell the head of school that I, like, really needed to leave, and I was really stressed out because I had work.
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Right after college, after growing up in the United States, I moved to India, broadly telling the story of how an old and stagnant country was suddenly waking up. And I came home, back to America, in 2009 after telling that story and writing a book about that.
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It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.
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Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning.
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When you're writing something to direct, you just write exactly what you're going to do. You don't have to write it in a way for other people to understand or interpret.
